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Kaiju No. 8 (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kaijū 8-gō (Japanese)
怪獣8号 (Japanese)
Themes: kaiju
Plot Summary: Kafka hopes to one day keep his pact with his childhood friend Mina to join the Japan Defense Force and fight by her side. But while she’s out neutralizing kaiju as Third Division captain, Kafka is stuck cleaning up the aftermath of her battles. When a sudden rule change makes Kafka eligible for the Defense Force, he decides to try out for the squad once more. There’s just one problem—he’s made the Defense Force’s neutralization list under the code name Kaiju No. 8.
Running time: 23 minutes
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2024-04-13
Opening Theme:
"Abyss" by YUNGBLUD
Ending Theme:
"Nobody" by OneRepublic
Official website:
Reviews:
[en] Kaiju No. 8 ‒ Episodes 1-2 (Apr 24, 2024)
[en] Kaiju No. 8 (Apr 15, 2024)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Composition: Ichiro Okouchi
Script: Ichiro Okouchi
Music: Yuta Bando
Original creator: Naoya Matsumoto
Character Design: Tetsuya Nishio
Art Director: Shinji Kimura
Chief Animation Director: Tetsuya Nishio
3D Director: Masaru Matsumoto
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Director of Photography: Eiji Arai

Color design: Izumi Hirose
Editing: Aya Hida
Kaiju Design: Mahiro Maeda
Key Animation:
Cheng Xi Huang (ED)
Jia Hao Zhang (ED)
Ken Imaizumi (ED)
Theme Song Co-Producer: Tyler Spry (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
OneRepublic (ED)
YUNGBLUD (OP)
Theme Song Producer:
Brent Kutzle (ED)
Joe Henderson (ED)
Fairouz Ai as Kikoru Shinomiya
Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8
Wataru Katō as Reno Ichikawa

Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro
Ivan Shibata as Mori
Jun Fukushima as Miike
Keisuke Kōmoto as Haruichi Izumo
Kengo Kawanishi as Sōshirō Hoshina
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Mizoguchi
Sayaka Senbongi as Konomi Okonogi
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Aoi Kaguragi
Takuya Masumoto as Kinugasa
Tomohiro Ōno as Yoshimura
Yūki Shin as Iharu Furuhashi
Yutaka Aoyama as Masahide Tokuda

Genta Nakamura as Drone Crew (ep 1)
Hana Hishikawa as Girl (ep 1)
Hiroki Tanaka as Street Announcement (ep 1)
Hitomi Kitazaki as Female Announcer (ep 1)
Kōji Takeda as Male Announcer (ep 1)
Megumi Han as Kafka (young)
Nene Hieda as Haruichi's Friend (ep 1)
Ryosuke Higa as Command Post Member (ep 1)
Sayaka Kamitani as Female Student (ep 1)
TARAKO as Mysterious Yōjū
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
feel. (ep 1)
Studio Gokumi (ep 1)
3D Animation Cooperation: Samurai Pictures (ep 1)
3D Graphics: Production I.G
Animation Production: Production I.G
Backgrounds: Studio Homare (ep 1)
Design Works: Khara
Finish Animation:
A-Real (ep 1)
Akatsuki (ep 1)
Asahi Production (ep 1)
Bird (ep 1)
Production I.G (ep 1)
R.I.C (ep 1)
Reboot (ep 1)
Studio BUS (ep 1)
Studio Gokumi (ep 1)
Studio Gram (ep 1)
Studio Mindo (ep 1)
ufotable (ep 1)
Yumeta Company (ep 1)
In-Between Animation:
Akatsuki (ep 1)
Asahi Production (ep 1)
Production I.G (ep 1)
Production I.G Niigata (ep 1)
Reboot (ep 1)
Studio BUS (ep 1)
Studio Gokumi (ep 1)
Studio Gram (ep 1)
Studio Mindo (ep 1)
ufotable (ep 1)
Yumeta Company (ep 1)
Kaiju Design: Khara
Online Editing: Sony PCL
Photography: Production I.G
Photography Cooperation:
Akatsuki (ep 1)
Asahi Production (ep 1)
Asura Film (ep 1)
Studio Gram (ep 1)
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Shawn Gann
Script: Jarrod Greene
Producer: Susie Nixon

ADR Engineer: Jose Sandoval
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
Abigail Blythe as Kikoru Shinomiya
Adam McArthur as Reno Ichikawa
Nazeeh Tarsha as Kafka Hibino

Celeste Perez as Konomi Okonogi
Derick Snow as Mizoguchi
Howard Wang as Haruichi Izumo
Katelyn Barr as Mina Ashiro
Landon McDonald as Soshiro Hoshina
Matthew Elkins as Miike
Mauricio Ortiz-Segura as Yoshimura
Michael Stimac as Masahide "Toku" Tokuda
Nasim Benelkour as Hiroto Mori

Alexis Tipton as Kafka (young)
Naya Moreno as Girl's Mother (ep 2)

English companies
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Jessie Lambotte
Adrien Antoine as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8
Alexandre N'Guyen as Reno Ichikawa
Valerie Bescht as Kikoru Shinomiya

Ludivine Maffren as Mina Ashiro
French companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Clara Schwarze (Spain dub)
ADR Script: Rubén Felis (Spain dub)

ADR Engineer: Sandra Calvo (Spain dub)
Mix Engineer: Ricardo Suarez (Spain dub)
Project Coordination: Tamara Rodriguez (Spain dub)
Clara Schwarze as Kikoru Shinomiya (Spain dub)
Héctor García as Reno Ichikawa (Spain dub)
Mario Ballart as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8 (Spain dub)

Sara Arnau as Mina Ashiro (Spain dub)

Alex Molina as Kafka Hibino (Spain dub; child)

Anna Pacheco (Spain dub)
Blas Marcos (Spain dub)
Carlos Mata (Spain dub)
Ferrán Carnicero (Spain dub)
Jaume Cuartero (Spain dub)
Jessica Álvarez (Spain dub)
Jordi Domènech (Spain dub)
Nacho Pagán (Spain dub)
Paula Yuste (Spain dub)
Vicent Ortega (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: TransPerfect Studios (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Davide Fumagalli
Translation: Eleonora Porto

Dialogues: Laura Cherubelli
Dubbing Engineer: Alessandro Baldi
Mixing: Attilio Casati
Ezio Vivolo as Reno Ichikawa
Mattia Bressan as Kafka Hibino

Andrea Moretti as Kinugasa
Chiara Leoncini as Mina Ashiro
Claudio Colombo as Mizoguchi
Dario Sansalone as Yoshimura
Francesca Tretto as Konomi Okonogi
Luca Ghignone as Masahide Tokuda
Martina Tamburello as Kikoru Shinomiya
Omar Maestroni as Haruichi Izumo

Alessandro Pili as Ichitaka Mitsuike (ep 1)
Daniel Magni as Takaragi (ep 1)
Jona Mennite as Hakua Higarashi (ep 1)
Sebastiano Tamburrini as Kafka (ragazzino)
Italian companies

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